Shown here is an incredibly special example of a 1992 Bugatti EB110 GT (prototype 13), chassis number 39012 (C13), engine number 41, and built on Aérospatiale carbon chassis N°12. The EB110, was produced by Bugatti Automobili S.p.A, which was setup after Italian entrepreneur Romano Artioli acquired the Bugatti brand in 1987. A team put together by Artioli which included Marcello Gandini, Giampaolo Benedini, Paolo Stanzani, and Nicola Materazzi, who later filled the role of Stanzani after he had left the company, set out to create an unprecedented supercar. Meanwhile, a team of talented engineers, many of which were ex-Lamborghini employees, worked together under a newly formed company knows as Technostile to help develop this new Bugatti supercar. This particular example was originally finished dark green metallic with a grey leather trim, and was originally used to test for road test and engine developments, as well as serving as a promotion car, making appearances at shows like the 1992 Bologna Motor Show. In 1994, the car was repainted by the factory to ‘Bugatti Blu’, as seen here, and was continued to be used for emission tests for the Swiss and USA specifications. Soon after this, in 1997, a public auction was organized by Bugatti at the Campogalliano factory in order to disperse all of the remaining EB110 models, parts, machine tools, and anything else left over since the company had recently declared for bankruptcy in February of 1996. A German sports car company known as Dauer Racing GmbH acquired this car briefly during the auction, adding some modifications, one of them being the quirky license plate holder on the front bumper. Other modifications added by Dauer included a Super Sport-specification rear grille, a new set of wheels, and the car was subsequently displayed in a german magazine "Automobil", in april 2001.
How many made? 5 Aluminium Prototypes, 11 Carbon Prototypes, 84 production GTs, 5 SS prototypes, 31 production SS examples. 136 total.
Engine: 550 bhp V12 quad-turbo engine
Debut: September 1991, The Palace of Versailles
Top Speed: around 212.5mph
0-60mph: around 3.5 seconds
Photo Credit: @rmg.autos
Research: @rarecarsonly